Syncretic Storytelling; or Why Watermyth is a Hard Sell
I get why Watermyth is a hard sell. It’s a postcolonial portal fantasy with a Muslim mermaid; more Malaysians and Muslims (from different diasporas) than you can shake a stick at; a mish-mash of superdiverse cultures on a mythical island that has a diaspora composition that is majority Global South, apart from the autochthonous communities. … Continue reading Syncretic Storytelling; or Why Watermyth is a Hard Sell